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Kathleen
has she eaten anything today?
Nathaniel
well i don’t know
Kathleen
what the hell is she doing
Kathleen walks up the stairs heading towards Alana room where she is blaring music in the shower
Alana
“PLEASE WONT YOU PUSH ME FOR THE LAST TIME LETS SCREAM UNTILL THERES NOTHING LEFT”
Kathleen
*barges into alana’s bathroom
Alana
*she pokes her head out the shower
Kathleen
did you not hear me calling you
Kathleen
dad says you haven’t eaten today
Kathleen
dad says he hasn’t seen you in the kitchen all day
Alana
what if i had hidden food around my room and i’ve just been eating that
Kathleen
yea right *sarcastic tone
Kathleen
the food you say you’ve hidden would be a bag of chips and a soda
Kathleen
that’s not good enough
Kathleen
i want you down stairs in 15 minutes
Kathleen
and if your not down there i’m turning off the hot water
Kathleen
*closes the door and heads down stairs
Alana
“and i mean it” she mocks her mother
alana finished up her shower and starts heading down to the kiddies what her mom has already made her a plate of (any food you want)
Alana
*takes a bite of her food
Nathaniel
hey look i know you have your emotions and feelings that you wanna solve in your own way but
Nathaniel
this is not the way
Nathaniel
i don’t wanna lose you
Nathaniel
last time we almost did
Nathaniel
i never wanna go through that again
Nathaniel
almost losing my only child
Kathleen
you know we love you right
Kathleen and Nathaniel go to alana and give her a big hug
a couple of minutes go by and alana eats all her food
Kathleen
i’m very proud of you
Nathaniel
*gives her a high five
Alana gets out her seat and makes her way back up into her room
Nathaniel
hey babe i have a business meeting today at the office
Nathaniel
you know my boss
Nathaniel
he’d always wanting us to work
Kathleen
have you ever learned to put your foot down
Kathleen
your always at the office or doing another surgery that you do all the time
Nathaniel
that’s because they ask me too
Kathleen
THATS WHEN *her voice starts to get i little loud
Kathleen
that’s when you say no Nathaniel
Nathaniel
how do you think i pay for where we live in
Nathaniel
right i work hard for the money i earn
Nathaniel
i don’t get it just by sitting around the house
Kathleen
FOR GOD SAKES NATHANIEL *her voice gets loud
Kathleen
your daughter just tried to kill herself *she says in a whisper
Kathleen
and just starves herself
Kathleen
and just said how important she was and you never want to go through that again
Kathleen
what was that a lie or something
Kathleen
learn to be a father not a business 24/7
Kathleen storms off into the master bedroom while Nathaniel sits there thinking about what Kathleen said
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